NEET Botany Biodiversity Loss MCQ Question
A diagram illustrates an ecosystem with varying levels of species richness. Which characteristic of a stable community is being depicted if the ecosystem shows resistance to invasions by alien species?
High species richness
Low productivity variation
High resilience to disturbances
Variable biomass productivity
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Stable communities with high species richness are more resistant to invasions by alien species, as indicated by David Tilman's ecosystem experiments.
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